{"id":2509424,"date":"2025-11-11T20:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-duffy-slams-awol-buttigieg-im-cleaning-up-your-messes\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:31:19","slug":"sean-duffy-slams-awol-buttigieg-im-cleaning-up-your-messes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-duffy-slams-awol-buttigieg-im-cleaning-up-your-messes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Duffy slams &#8216;AWOL&#8217; Buttigieg: I\u2019m &#8216;cleaning up your messes.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsean-duffy-slams-awol-buttigieg-im-cleaning-up-your-messes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2509424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article covers a public dispute between former Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg and current Secretary sean Duffy regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporters-notebook-bidens-virtual-nomination-and-whether-it-will-hurt-the-dnc\/\" title=\"Journalist&#039;s Diary: Impact of Biden&#039;s Virtual Nomination on DNC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">air traffic controller<\/a> shortage<\/a> amid<\/a> a government shutdown in the United States. Buttigieg criticized former President Donald Trump for his handling of the situation and the treatment of air traffic controllers, while duffy fired back, accusing Buttigieg of neglecting the Department of Transportation and leaving behind a flawed aviation system. Trump also weighed in, criticizing Buttigieg&#8217;s leadership and blaming outdated systems for recent aviation accidents.Buttigieg defended his record, highlighting improvements made under his tenure and accusing Trump of unfairly attacking federal workers. Meanwhile, critics argue that Buttigieg&#8217;s focus on diversity and equity initiatives diverted crucial funds from modernizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-federal-investigators-reveal-likely-reason-for-helicopter-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Federal Investigators Reveal Likely Reason For Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant\">air traffic control<\/a> technology. Duffy is prioritizing aviation safety modernization as Congress works to reopen the government, with both secretaries aiming to shape public perception of their respective legacies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sean Duffy slams &lsquo;AWOL&rsquo; Buttigieg: I&rsquo;m &lsquo;cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out.&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2366059\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-transportation\/\">Transportation<\/a> Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> and current Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\">Sean Duffy<\/a> traded sharp words Monday over the air traffic controller shortage that has disrupted U.S. travel during the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, who led the Department of Transportation under President Joe Biden, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881749\/pete-buttigieg-says-trump-wouldnt-last-five-minutes-as-air-traffic-controller\/\">blasted President Donald Trump<\/a> on X after he told controllers who walked off the job to &ldquo;get back to work&rdquo; and offered a $10,000 bonus for those who stayed on duty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3883529\/johnson-swear-in-adelita-grijalva\/\">Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva seven weeks after election win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3883089\/hakeem-jeffries-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito-corrupt-supreme-court\/\">Jeffries calls out Thomas and Alito in attack on &#8216;corrupt&#8217; Supreme Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3882646\/house-flickers-back-mike-johnson-prepares-shutdown-vote\/\">House flickers back to life as Mike Johnson prepares shutdown vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The President wouldn&rsquo;t last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they&rsquo;ve been through &mdash; and the way this administration has treated them from Day One &mdash; he has no business sh***ing on them now,&rdquo; Buttigieg wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy, who succeeded Buttigieg at the DOT under Trump, quickly fired back, accusing his predecessor of neglecting the department and leaving behind a broken aviation system.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Give me a break,&rdquo; Duffy wrote on X. &ldquo;You were basically AWOL at the DOT. I spend my whole day dealing with your neglect and cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Give me a break. You were basically AWOL at the DOT.&#8304;&#8304;I spend my whole day dealing with your neglect and cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DPptdJ3wOm\">https:\/\/t.co\/DPptdJ3wOm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/1987996428237762693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The social media spat erupted on the same day that Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, defended his administration&rsquo;s efforts to restore normal air travel once the government reopens.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;ll be better than normal,&rdquo; Trump told reporters. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re buying the most sophisticated avionics and technology for our control towers. We didn&rsquo;t have that &mdash; we had a guy named Buttigieg.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued to slam the Biden secretary by mocking his name and implying that his work in the administration was taking the country &ldquo;off the edge of a cliff.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump cited last January&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3305147\/potomac-plane-crash-rescue-operation-underway-near-reagan-airport-apparent-helicopter-collision\/\">fatal mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport<\/a>, blaming outdated systems and &ldquo;billions wasted&rdquo; under Buttigieg&rsquo;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg later responded with a social media video post defending his record, claiming Trump&rsquo;s remarks were &ldquo;false and confusing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is Trump going after America&#8217;s air traffic controllers, today of all days? <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zXq6d9j7mW\">pic.twitter.com\/zXq6d9j7mW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteButtigieg\/status\/1988091245240123814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Other than mostly pronouncing my name right, everything he said was wrong,&rdquo; Buttigieg said. &ldquo;He just made a bunch of s*** up about air traffic control. This is a system that was in pretty rough shape by the time he lost in 2020, and we took it over. We improved it &mdash; including launching a long-term communications fix that is still underway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg went on to accuse Trump of attacking federal workers &ldquo;after everything they&rsquo;ve been through.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg&rsquo;s critics, however, say the department&rsquo;s problems stem from his misplaced priorities while in office. A July <em>New York Post<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/21\/us-news\/pete-buttigiegs-dot-spent-80-billion-on-dei-grants-delayed-air-traffic-control-upgrades-records-industry-insiders\/\">report revealed<\/a> that the DOT spent more than $80 billion on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, money, industry insiders say, that should have gone toward modernizing air traffic control technology.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA has since faced a series of embarrassing safety lapses, including the fatal crash at Reagan National earlier this year involving a Blackhawk helicopter and a commercial jet. Investigators blamed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3305297\/multiple-difficulties-have-surrounded-reagan-national-airport-fatal-crash\/\">communication failures,<\/a> including an outdated Pentagon hotline that had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/14\/us-news\/pentagon-hotline-to-ronald-reagan-dc-airport-has-be-inoperable-for-years-faa\/\">been offline<\/a> for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881749\/pete-buttigieg-says-trump-wouldnt-last-five-minutes-as-air-traffic-controller\/\"><strong>BUTTIGIEG SAYS TRUMP &lsquo;WOULDN&rsquo;T LAST FIVE MINUTES AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Duffy has made modernizing aviation safety a top priority, pledging to overhaul the FAA&rsquo;s aging systems and hire new controllers once funding resumes.<\/p>\n<p>As Congress works to reopen the government, both men appear eager to shape the narrative of Buttigieg defending his legacy and Duffy drawing a sharp contrast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Duffy blasts &#8216;AWOL&#8217; Buttigieg: I&#8217;m fixing your messes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2509425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/duffy-buttigieg-air-image-collage-3n2eycds1-176289632601-e1762902505531.jpg?1762884498&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[15853,53579,36453,5894,45268],"class_list":["post-2509424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-awol","tag-cleanup-2","tag-pete-buttigieg","tag-politics","tag-sean-duffy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/duffy-buttigieg-air-image-collage-3n2eycds1-176289632601-e1762902505531.jpg?1762884498&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509428,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509424\/revisions\/2509428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}